Mithali’s letter comes a day after Edulji said that the issue was being blown out of proportion and that nobody would question the playing XI had Women in Blue won the game.

Mithali Raj wrote a letter to BCCI over the controversy around her exclusion from the semi-final squad in World T20.&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspPTI

After India's exit from the Women's World T20 after losing against England in the semi-final, Mithali Raj's exclusion from the Indian playing XI still remains the point of discussion. One of the legends of Women's cricket, Mithali Raj has finally broken her silence on the issue. In a letter to BCCI, Raj has accused CoA member Diana Edulji of bias while also accusing coach Ramesh Powar of humiliating her.

"For the first time in a 20 year long career, I felt deflated, depressed and let down. I am forced to think if my services to my country are of any value to a few people in power who are out to destroy me and break my confidence," Mithali wrote in a letter to BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and Cricket Operations General Manager Saba Karim.

Slamming CoA member Edulji's comments on her exclusion, Mithali said that she always respected her and didn't think that she will use her position to take a call against her. "To put things in perspective, I have always reposed faith in Diana Edulji and have always respected her and her position as a member of the COA. Never did I think she will use her position against me, more after hearing what all I had to go through in the Caribbean as I had spoken to her about it. Her brazen support in the press with regard to the decision of my benching in the semi-final of the t/20 World Cup has left me deeply distressed, more because she knows the real facts having spoken to me. Thereafter her statement saying ‘selection is not the COA’s headache’ is like suggesting there is no system of cheques and balances and anyone can do anything and get away because they have the backing of people in power," Mithali added.

Mithali’s letter comes a day after Edulji said that the issue was being blown out of proportion and that nobody would question the playing XI had Women in Blue won the game.

"I think too much is being made out of it. The management (captain Harmanpreet Kaur, coach Ramesh Powar, vice captain Smriti Mandhana and selector Sudha Shah) made the decision of not changing a winning combination and that backfired. If India had won the game, I am sure nobody would have questioned their decision," Edulji, a former India captain, told PTI.

Mithali went on to say that he had no grudges against T20I captain Harmanpreet Kaur barring the fact that she decided to back Powar's decision to drop her for the semi-final. "We can't be questioning the team eleven. Another example is of Krunal Pandya, who was thrashed in the first T20 but bounced back strongly yesterday. These things happen in the game," Edulji said referring to the men's team's six-wicket win in the third T20I against Australia on Sunday

"I would also like to point out that I have nothing against the T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur except for the fact that her call to support the decision of the coach to leave me out of the eleven was baffling and hurtful.

"I wanted to win the world cup for my country and it hurts me because we lost a golden opportunity."

Mithali Raj accuses Diana Edulji, Ramesh Powar with charges of humiliation, writes letter to BCCIDescription:Mithali’s letter comes a day after Edulji said that the issue was being blown out of proportion and that nobody would question the playing XI had Women in Blue won the game.Times Now